School Policies

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published guidelines
to encourage schools to implement a comprehensive approach to reducing sun
exposure and preventing skin cancer. The World Health Organization's Global
UV Project and Global School Health Initiative also have produced guidelines
entitled, "Sun Protection - An Essential Element of a Health-Promoting
School". Visit our Updates and Support page to find more information on
these documents.

Klein Buendel, Inc. has created two tools as a part of the Sunny Days,
Healthy Ways program. These tools are free to download and can help your
school meet these important guidelines.

Click on the "Free Sun Safe School Guide" and use this 20-page guide to assess your school's policies and environment and plan sun-safe solutions as needed.

School plays a major role in children's daily lives. As an institution of learning, it can provide opportunities for developing and reinforcing lifelong positive health habits.

Children spend four to seven hours at school each day - including one to three hours outdoors for recess, lunch, physical education classes, field trips, and after-school activities.

Depending on the climate and the season, outdoor school activities may result in a significant amount of sun exposure. Research indicates that most people receive as much as 80 percent of their total lifetime sun exposure during their first 18 years. As few as two severe sunburns during childhood may double the risk of developing melanoma later in life.

Click on the "Free Sun Safe Worksite Guide" and use this guide to assess your workplace policies and environment and plan sun-safe solutions. This guide will help you to better understand what the risk is, who is affected, and how to mitigate the damage exposure of those at risk.

Employers protect workers from exposure to hazardous conditions and substances as a matter of course. They do so by providing information, procedures, training, and equipment to allow workers the ability to protect themselves from loud noise, asbestos, chemicals, and falling objects. Over exposure to the sun should be no exception.

Outdoor workers have more accumulated lifetime exposure to the sun, receive up to 8 times more UV exposure and have a 60 percent greater risk of developing skin cancer than indoor workers. UV radiation is a very real health hazard for outdoor workers and a more general health hazard for indoor employees. Unprotected exposure can damage the skin, eyes, and immune system. It contributes to health care costs and in some states, workmen's compensation claims.

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